WASHINGTON – The fortunes of its orange-and-black-clad baseball namesakes may be on the rise, but those of the Maryland state bird are on a steady decline

ANNAPOLIS – Today, the only way to find out how much lobbyists spend wining and dining legislators and other officials is to visit the State Ethics Commission in Towson

ANNAPOLIS – Concerned adults in Maryland want children to “protect their melons

WASHINGTON – With the help of six of seven Maryland members, the House passed a bill Thursday that would attempt to prevent terrorism and restrict appeals of death row inmates

ODENTON – There was a sense of urgency among Doreen Koke’s seventh grade science students as they surveyed the empty beer cans and cigarette packages along the banks of Towsers Branch

WASHINGTON – The lower Potomac was cited as one of the nation’s 20 most threatened rivers in a report released Wednesday by American Rivers, a national conservation organization

ANNAPOLIS – Joan Vinson was a distraught woman when she first met Ross Perot in 1969

ANNAPOLIS – After dozens of hearing hours, none of the 19 tobacco bills introduced in 1996 passed the General Assembly

CATONSVILLE – A committee of the University of Maryland System Board of Regents Friday recommended extending family benefits to domestic partners of system employees – whether of the same or opposite gender

WASHINGTON – A gloved crowd of about 16 people carrying garbage bags, buckets and shovels waited patiently Friday afternoon outside the D